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Victory

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007741
MRDS ID C012307
Record type Site
Current site name Victory
Alternate or previous names Russell and Phelps
Related records 10285744

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.91131, 39.14628 (WGS84)
Elevation 567
Relative position 5 MI. NE COLFAX

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chicago Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 009E 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SE 1/4 , SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AG/AU EST. 3.5/1

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AG/AU EST. 3 1/2/1

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.91131, 39.14628
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Striking N 40 W, Dipping 45 Sw, Cuts Veins

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 72 E
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Iowa Hill

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. E. Loufek, J. E. Johnson Et Al. , Victory Mining Co. .
    First year 1934

Production statistics

  • Year 1901
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 28g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 57g/mt
  • Year 1931
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 254g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 42g/mt
  • Year 1931
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 345g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 62g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 26.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, WINZE, ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 40 - 41 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 AND 4 , P. 594 .

  • Production

    LOGAN ( 1936 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, AVG. 3 FT. THICK. SULFIDES ENCOUNTERED AT 100 FT. DEPTH.
Deposit AGRICULTURAL PATENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-79 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey EDITED COMMODITY SIGNIFICANCE FIELDS
Updater 05-DEC-91 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-95 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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